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The state department advises that the risk of acts of international terrorism in europe and the middle east…
HYDROPAC 1191/90
- issued
- 1990-10-27 16:25Z
- status
- cancelled 1999-08-27 09:20Z (archive)
- source
- nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. THE STATE DEPARTMENT ADVISES THAT THE RISK OF ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST IS INCREASING. 2. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION WHICH IT BELIEVES IS SPECIFIC AND CREDIBLE REGARDING A POSSIBLE TERRORIST THREAT TO PASSENGER SHIPS OPERATING IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. SUCH AN OPERATION MAY BE UNDERTAKEN AT ANY TIME. 3. A FURTHER SOURCE OF CONCERN IS THAT THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION (ANO) HAS REPEATEDLY THREATENED TO ATTACK U.S. INTERESTS IN THE EVENT THAT MAHMOUD ATTA, A U.S. CITIZEN AND MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION, IS EXTRADITED TO ISRAEL. THE U.S. TAKES THESE THREATS SERIOUSLY IN VIEW OF THE ANO'S NOTORIOUS HISTORY. FOLLOWING A LENGTHY U.S. JUDICIAL PROCESS, THE UNITED STATES HAS DECIDED TO EXTRADITE ATTA TO STAND TRIAL FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN A LETHAL ATTACK ON AN ISRAELI BUS IN APRIL, 1986.
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- HYDROPAC messages in force 270800Z aug 1999cancelled by · 1999-08-27
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